Does a completely free software (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html) Puppy GNU/Linux exist?
If not, I would be interested in making one. First, the Linux kernel initially in Puppy would have to be replaced with one of these (http://jxself.org/linux-libre/) kernels, which have the (proprietary) binary drivers (or 'blobs') removed. I am not aware of any other non-free software in Puppy, except for the versions of Puppy which use Opera as the browser, or have Adobe Flash pre-installed._________________Not running as root is the cause of my inferiority complex.
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You being this much at it. What solution have you found then to
this problem+ "Adobe Flash pre-installed"

If you install it after then what purpose was it to not have it from scratch?

You mean it will be safer to share it due to then nobody can accuse one
to use what others own the rights to? A kind of fairness or or security
of distribution. To make it less vulnerable to get legally stopped from
being shared freely?

But are there any way to get local TV station streaming to work
if one don't have Adobe Flash?

Yes I know that some TV station even use Silverlight which is very unfortunate indeed._________________I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though

If puppy only had free software, it would be a disaster playing my music (as they are in .mp3 and I want it that way). I also couldn't connect to the interent without a 100ft+ long ethernet cord._________________Intellectual Property isn't Real Property. Smart people know that.

When it comes to audio-video codecs and hardware drivers free software has major problems (that's why for every "free" OS there is a repo operated by "someone else" that host the compatible non-free binaries... )

However, I do not see anything wrong with building a free puppy.
There are pleanty of computers out there that do not even have wireless. html5 is replacing flash in many cases (gnash can also handle very old flash files) and ogg is a pretty popular codec.

So I would say go for it (besides you do not need anyone's approval, is free remember?)._________________Kids all over the world go around with an XO laptop. They deserve one puppy (or many) too

When it comes to audio-video codecs and hardware drivers free software has major problems (that's why for every "free" OS there is a repo operated by "someone else" that host the compatible non-free binaries... )

However, I do not see anything wrong with building a free puppy.
There are pleanty of computers out there that do not even have wireless. html5 is replacing flash in many cases (gnash can also handle very old flash files) and ogg is a pretty popular codec.

So I would say go for it (besides you do not need anyone's approval, is free remember?).

Hi, gameboyab.

I second mavrothal. Give it at least a try. Who knows? Your "Free Puppy" could be the next major comet in the Linux sky!

First of all install the Greasemonkey extension for your browser and activate it. For Epiphany it is part of the Epiphany-extensions package. For GNU IceCat, Abrowser and other versions of Firefox see the Greasemonkey web page.

Probably these extensions are available in your GNU/Linux distribution as a package.

Second, install the video plugin that you prefer.

If you have downloaded version of the userscript compressed with gzip or bzip2, decompress it to get a copy of the file ready for installation.

You can use mplayer, gnome-mplayer, vlc, or whatever to play the videos as well as providing the excellent GTK Youtube Viewer that is provided in the Puppy forum to your build.

You can incorporate these items into your default build if you so wish.
I use moc and xmms usually for music players. Up to you though on how you wanna approach this.

I always viewed free software as "diet" software. Many people do have this opinion and are happier with OTB distributions like Puppy. But software patents are a strong reason to think of going libre, and a LibrePuppy in the derivatives section won't hurt anyone.

simargl wrote:

... actually html5 doesn't work quite often, so only choice is something like minitube for free software OS. I prefer to watch youtube flash videos in firefox though.

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